Professional Documents
Culture Documents
This
course
provides
a
broad
overview
of
how
certain
religious,
political,
and
technological
structures
emerged
and
progressed
over
time
and
in
different
locations.
Examples
are
drawn
from
a
period
spanning
the
origins
of
human
communities
in
prehistoric
times
to
the
Renaissance,
and
include
emphasis
on
episodes
of
major
transformation
when
the
confluence
of
events
in
separate
places
had
far-reaching
impact
on
the
course
of
human
civilization.
Focus
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is
upon
the
advance
of
concepts
and
institutions
considered
fundamental
to
the
history
of
Asian
agrarian
societies
and
cultures
as
they
are
enmeshed
in
the
global
context
of
world
civilization
and
the
human
community.
These
focal
points
are
examined
through
in-depth
and
careful
close
reading
of
selected
primary
texts.
Expectations
and
Objectives
Students
are
expected
to
approach
this
course
with
intellectual
curiosity,
mental
discipline,
and
a
mind
open
to
exploring
creative
possibilities
across
a
wide
spectrum
of
beliefs,
practices,
and
philosophical
and
ethical
principles.
Essential
to
this
expectation
is
students
responsibility
to
exercise
careful
attention
to
discrete
details
and
the
thoughtful
combination
of
these
details
into
synthetic
concepts
with
generic
significance.
The
primary
goal
of
this
course
is
to
equip
students
with
certain
attitudes
and
skills
integral
to
a
liberal
arts
curriculum,
and
to
provide
opportunities
for
students
to
enhance
and
implement
these
attitudes
and
skills.
These
skills
include
the
ability
to
read
effectively,
think
comparatively,
and
construct
a
reasoned
argument.
The
course
also
imparts
to
students
basic
information
about
the
history
of
the
West,
fundamental
institutions,
and
selected
classics
of
Islamic
civilization
in
comparison
with
influential
texts
and
artifacts
from
the
larger
global
framework
of
human
society
and
culture.
At
the
conclusion
of
HH215,
the
student
will
be
able
to
do
the
following:
1.
Identify
factors
that
shape
change
over
time;
to
explain
historical
narratives;
and
to
analyze
historical
evidence
as
well
as
apply
it
to
historical
questions
2.
Express
their
ideas
in
writing
clearly,
precisely,
and
in
an
organized
fashion
3.
Describe
and
explain
the
most
important
factors
leading
to
change
over
time
between
500
BCE
and
1750
CE
in
one
of
the
following
AREAS:
Europe
(HH215),
the
Middle
East
(HH215M),
or
Asia
(HH215A).
4.
Compare
political,
social,
ethical,
and
religious
features
of
civilizations
before
1750
CE
from
at
least
two
of
the
following
areas:
Europe,
the
Middle
East,
Asia,
Africa,
or
the
Americas.
5.
Compare
the
development
of
the
idea
of
citizenship
in
Europe
with
the
evolution
of
social
rights
and
duties
of
the
individual
in
a
civilization
in
one
of
the
following
AREAS:
Asia,
the
Middle
East,
Africa,
or
the
Americas.
As
part
of
the
core
curriculum,
this
course
compliments
other
courses
in
the
Division
of
Humanities
and
Social
Sciences
and
across
the
curriculum.
Students
are
expected
to
be
cognizant
of
connections
among
these
courses,
and
to
work
through
the
implications
of
such
connections
as
they
apply
to
the
overall
curriculum
of
their
four-year
course
of
study.
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Bibliography
The
Annalects.
Trans.
Raymond
Dawson
(Oxford,
2008).
Allen
Bloom,
trans.
The
Republic
of
Plato.
Basic
Books,
1991.
John
Strong.
Legend
of
King
Asoka
(Motilal
Banarsidass,
2008).
Everett
Fox.
The
Five
Books
of
Moses:
The
Schocken
Bible.
Schocken
Books,
2000.
Jan
Willem
Drijvers.
Helena
Augusta.
The
Mother
of
Constantine
the
Great
and
the
Legend
of
her
Finding
of
the
True
Cross.
E.J.
Brill,
1982.
The
Laws
of
Manu.
Trans.
Wendy
Doniger
and
Brian
Smith
(Penguin,
1992).
Ahmad
al-Quduri.
Mukhtaar
f
fiqh
al-anaf.
Trans.
Brannon
Wheeler.
Tibet's
Great
Yogi
Milarepa:
A
Biography
from
the
Tibetan.
Trans.
W.Y.
Evans-Wentz
(Oxford,
2000).
The
Epic
of
Gilgamesh.
Trans.
N.K.
Sanders.
Penguin,
1972.
Ibn
al-Arabi.
The
Bezels
of
Wisdom.
Trans.
R.W.
J.
Austin
(Paulist,
1980).
Frank
and
Mani
Reynolds.
Three
Worlds
According
to
King
Ruang:
A
Thai
Buddhist
Cosmology
(University
of
California,
1982).
Early
Quran
Manuscript
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Confucius
Grading
of
all
assignments
is
based
on
an
evaluation
of
how
well
a
student
can
develop
a
convincing
and
well-documented
argument
demonstrating
a
comprehension
of
the
pertinent
issues
in
the
readings
and
the
course.
Demonstration
of
comprehension
includes
evincing
detailed
knowledge
of
specific
facts,
careful
consideration
of
those
facts
in
relation
to
the
larger
themes
and
questions
of
the
course,
and
an
ability
to
think
beyond
the
particulars
of
the
course
to
broader
concerns.
These
broader
concerns
might
include
generic
theoretical
and
practical
questions
relating
to
a
students
overall
curriculum
and
experience
at
the
US
Naval
Academy
and
its
role
in
world
civilization.
Plagiarism
and
Documentation
of
Papers
Plagiarism
statement:
All
direct
quotations,
paraphrases,
allusions
to
specific
passages
in
a
text,
and
use
of
another
persons
interpretations
and
research
must
be
documented
with
a
note
that
includes
specific
page
and
section
reference
to
the
work
used.
It
is
not
necessary
to
document
common
knowledge,
which
includes
the
factual
information
from
the
course
textbook
or
such
information
acquired
in-class.
Portion
of
earliest
extant
Buddhist
text
discovered
to
date,
from
Afghanistan
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Notes
Portions
of
this
syllabus
are
subject
to
change
at
the
discretion
of
the
instructor.
Students
are
responsible
for
the
contents
of
this
syllabus.
Each
student
must
submit
his
or
her
own
work
for
evaluation,
and
all
students
are
accountable
for
knowing
and
abiding
by
the
statement
regarding
plagiarism
in
this
syllabus
and
the
History
departments
statement
on
plagiarism.
Uighir
miniature
from
Turfan
SCHEDULE
Monday, August 24. General Introduction
Wednesday, August 26. Asia and the World
Reading: Samuel Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations?" Foreign Affairs (1993).
Friday, August 28. Asia and the World
Foundations
Monday, August 3. Annalects
Wednesday, September 2. Annalects
Friday, September 4. Republic
Tuesday, September 8. Republic
Wednesday, September 9. Test #1
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